but there's clearly at this point a disagreement. >> and, steve, on the democrat side, the president is saying he's doing all these meetings and traveling over the next couple days to talk with business leaders, to talk to real americans, because frankly, this is something that has a real impact on all of our bottom lines. it's going to hit every american taxpay taxpayer's pocketbook. mitch mcconnell, however, has been critical of what he sees as a pr effort. >> rather than sitting down with lawmakers of both parties and working out an agreement, he's back on the campaign trail presumably with the same old talking points that we're all quite familiar with. look, we already know the president's a very good campaigner. we continue gratch lit him on his re-election. what we don't know is whether he has the leadership qualities necessary to lead his party to a bipartisan agreement. >> so should the president instead of going on the road be working with members of his own party and get them and republican leaders in a room and maybe, steve, just not let him leave until they have a deal? >